ALIENS is a multilingual live documentary, a personal and poetic journey across borders: crossed, blurred, and broken. It’s a mother-and-daughter road trip from Donegal to the south of Italy, weaving their personal stories with those of Italian immigrants in Northern Ireland — once labeled “aliens” — as well as present-day encounters: an uprooted waitress in …
“short, sharp, sardonic commentaries on the climate crisis… anarchic and funny ” – The Times Nominee Ivor Novello Classical Award [2023] Brian Irvine for Best Stage Work The Scorched Earth Trilogy is a trio of satirical films inspired by environmental disaster and the lack of serious climate action. The short works tackle some of our most pressing …
Over the last few years because of Covid Pandemic restrictions, walking re-emerged as an important ritual. Often being the only way it was possible to assemble or it was the only moment of respite from being kept indoors. People re-discovered the places they lived through the act of walking. Re-discovered the nature that itself was …
A collaboration with the Art of Music Foundation and White Rhino Films to make a new audio-visual piece, commissioned by the British Council for The Climate Connection. The impact on climate change, human health, and the environment is severe. Plastic waste meant for recycling has piled up in dumps in Kenyan cities. In spite of the world’s toughest …
Kilkenny’s new Abbey Quarter Skatepark provided the canvas and inspiration for this new site-specific work, Carnival of Shadows: Possible Human. Premiered at Kilkenny Arts Festival 2021. Working from archives, interviews, and speculative investigations centered on the physical and emotional landscape of the area, and responding to the unique design and aural sweep of the skatepark, …
Two Angels stand high on a building overlooking the city, peering into the past and into the future as they wait for their duties to kick in. To pass the time, they play I Spy but as only angels can…
Drive by Shooting, written and directed by John McIlduff, with a huge soundtrack composed by Brian Irvine, is a 10 minute looped graffiti style, animated opera video projection, designed to be projected as a life size image on walls in an urban context. The synced soundtrack is broadcast through a dedicated wifi network and on a …